Dozens rally against Lava Ridge Wind Project [Video]

IDAHO, USA — A large-scale wind power project near Twin Falls continues to draw controversy. Friday afternoon, dozens of Idahoans brought their concerns about Lava Ridge to the Idaho Statehouse steps. 

Magic Valley Energy hopes to build up to 400 wind turbines on federal, state and private land northeast of Twin Falls. The company, a subsidy of LS Power in New York, proposed the project in 2020. 

“It’s going to affect everybody,” Shawna McKay said, “not just us in the Magic Valley. I hope that we can find people to stick with this and try to fight this so it does not happen in Idaho.”

McKay and her husband farm their land, where their cattle graze. She said the windmills would be in their “backyard” and is worried about …